"The Enemy Is The Knife" (1974)
An expose of forced sterilizations in Native American clinics
This Day (An America 250 History Show)
November 9, 202116m 37s
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Show Notes
It’s November 9th. This day in 1974, Dr. Connie Redbird Uri testified at a hearing about the practice of forced sterilization at Indian Health Services clinics. She sounded the alarm about the large numbers of women who were given hysterectomies and other procedures without their consent.
Jody, NIki, and Kellie discuss the long and shameful history of forced sterilization in this country, usually among poor and marginalized communities.
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